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Coder ID Article Number Article Headline Publication

 The New York Post (1)  The New York Times (2) Story Classification

 Hard News (1)

 Soft News (Features/Editorial/Opinion) (2)

Political Consequences Frame  Present (1)

 Absent (2)

 Substantive (1)  Ambiguous (2)

 Positive—Pro-feeding tube removal (1)  Neutral—Both sides evenly represented (2)  Negative—Anti-feeding tube removal (3)

Legal Process Frame  Present (1)  Absent (2)  Substantive (1)  Ambiguous (2)  Positive (1)  Neutral (2)  Negative (3) Medical Frame  Present (1)  Absent (2)  Substantive (1)  Ambiguous (2)  Positive (1)  Neutral (2)  Negative (3)

Moral Frame  Present (1)  Absent (2)  Substantive (1)  Ambiguous (2)  Positive (1)  Neutral (2)  Negative (3)

Family/Relational Conflict Frame  Present (1)  Absent (2)  Substantive (1)  Ambiguous (2)  Positive (1)  Neutral (2)  Negative (3)

Sources

Article cited the following sources of information to support positive frames (pro-removal), negative frames (anti-removal), or neither positive nor negative frames (neutral). Record ONLY the first and second source:

1. Michael Schiavo; (1) (2) (3)

2. the Schindler parents and family; (1) (2) (3) 3. lawyers; (1) (2) (3)

4. doctors; (1) (2) (3) 5. journalists; (1) (2) (3)

6. elected and government officials; (1) (2) (3) 7. courts; (1) (2) (3)

8. religious groups and leaders; (1) (2) (3) 9. man on street; (1) (2) (3)

Codebook Coder ID

Coders will input their first, middle, and last initials for identification purposes. Story Number

Input the three or four digit number identifying each story. Story Headline

Provide the exact headline that was associated with each story. Subheadings are not needed. Story Classification

Answers must be constrained to one of the following answers:

Hard News: defined as a story likely to be featured in a hard news section of a media outlet (e.g., the front page). Such a story would consist primarily of facts and information.

Soft News (Features): defined as a story likely to be featured in a soft news section of a media outlet (e.g., the features page; entertainment page) consisting primarily of biographies,

narratives, and areas of interest. Frames

A frame is defined as the ―underlying assumptions, beliefs and ideologies that serve as heuristics for how a particular story should be understood‖ (Clegg Smith et al., 2002). Each frame listed below has the following options through which to provide a description. These choices are divided into three sections for each frame.

Answers must be constrained to one of the following answers: Presence

Present: The frame being coded for is present in the story content. Coders should mark the frame as present no matter its level of prominence.

Absent: The frame being coded for does not exist in the story content.

Answers must be constrained to one of the following answers:

Substance: Indicate the amount of coverage devoted to a particular frame. Choose 1 (substantive) or 2 (ambiguous).

1: Does the story provide adequate context surrounding discussion of the particular frame? The frame being coded for is prominent throughout at least one third of the overall story. Although the frame may not be the sole focus of the release, the author does utilize significant time or effort in discussing it.

2: Is the frame being coded for vague and lacking in context surrounding discussion of the particular frame? The frame is present but is featured with negligible to moderate prominence. The author may not focus on the frame but it is present in some form. (Holody, 2006, p. 80)

Answers must be constrained to one of the following:

Valence: Indicate the overall tone of the news frame toward the removal of Schiavo‘s feeding tube. Choose 1 (positive/pro-removal claim), 2 (neutral) or 3 (negative/against-removal claim).

Answers may consist of any of the following:

Political Consequences Frame: Defined as a focus on any short or long-term political

consequences that would come from the outcome of the Schiavo story. Political consequences may involve normal political events such as elections. The consequences may be either positive

or negative, and may be for an individual (e.g., a politician; physician) or a group (e.g., Republicans, Democrats). Divided into positive consequences due to removal of feeding tube and negative consequences due to removal of feeding tube.

Moral Frame: Defined as a focus on any moral or religious beliefs dealing with the outcome of the Schiavo story. Such beliefs may be positive (for it) or negative (against it), and can be secular in nature. Does the story contain a moral message? Does the story make reference to morality, God, or other religious tenets? Does the story offer specific (social) prescriptions or solutions about how to behave/act (Serge, 2009)?

Family Conflict Frame: Defined as the direct mention of any conflict dealing with the Schiavo story between individuals (e.g., between Schiavo‘s parents or siblings and husband). This kind of coverage makes winning and losing the central concern and may be diagnostic in nature or focus on who is seemingly triumphant in this conflict. Does the story reflect disagreement between family and husband? Does one party/individual reproach another? Does the story refer to two sides or to more than two sides of the problem/issue (Serge, 2009)?

Legal Process Frame: Defined as a focus on the legality of any steps intended to keep or remove Schiavo‘s feeding tube. For example, the rise of the Schiavo case from state to federal jurisdiction; the authority and action of judges. Such legal action may be positive (for

Medical Frame: Defined as a focus on the medical nature of the case. There must be an argument offered to code for this, not just description, i.e., Terri Schiavo is brain-dead, there is too much brain-damage to recover/ persistent vegetative state prevents recovery and Terri Schiavo is brain-damage but can recover (Pellicano and Gross, 2008).

Coders were then asked to specify what sources were cited in the news coverage of the Terri Schiavo case.

Source 1: Indicate the name and valence of the person or group that is cited or quoted first in the